Relationships between milk production, ovarian function and fertility in high-producing dairy herds in north-eastern Spain

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.4, 2008, Pages 38-43

  Yaniz J ^a   Lopez Gatius F ^b   Bech Sabat G ^b   Garcia Ispierto I ^c   Serrano, B ^a   Santolaria, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; LACTATION; MILK; OVARY DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SEASON; SECRETION; SPAIN; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; OVARIAN DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASONS; SPAIN; UTERINE DISEASES;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 52049119885     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01227.x     Document Type: Review

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